Dimitry Seluk used to represent Mkhitaryan when the 29-year-old was a young man playing for Ukrainian minnows Metalurh Donetsk.

Seluk recalled how he fell out with Oleg Mkrtchyan, who was the owner of the club at the time, after he sold one of his clients, Aras Ozibiliz, to Spartak Moscow for €8million, but made it look like it was €2million.

The football agent claims he was also involved in a dispute with the Armenian football federation, where Mkhitaryan's mother worked.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan nearly signed for Liverpool before moving to Dortmund (Image: REUTERS)

Speaking to These Football Times, Seluk said: "Eventually, we parted ways with him [Mkhitaryan] because of that whole situation.

"And that's when Henrikh's sister, who had been working with UEFA for years, introduced him to [Mino] Raiola.

Mino Raiola is Mkhitaryan's current agent (Image: Rex Features)

"Obviously, by that time, Mkhitaryan had already become a well-known player, and when Borussia Dortmund offered Shakhtar €27million for Henrikh, suddenly Raiola was all over him.

"Although I had already talked to Liverpool who were also interested in Mkhitaryan and wanted to sign him. If Mkrtchyan hadn't lied to me and we hadn't parted ways with Henrikh, he would have been a Liverpool player."

The Armenian moved to Arsenal in the January transfer window (Image: Arsenal FC/Getty)

After three years in Germany with Dortmund, Mkhitaryan moved to Manchester United for £26million, before recently joining Arsenal.

The Armenian switched places with Alexis Sanchez, who left north London for Old Trafford in the January transfer window.